Opioids in cancer pain
By: edited by Mellar Davis, Paul Glare, and Janet Hardy.
Contributors: Davis, Mellar P.; Glare, Paul.; Hardy, Janet.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780198529439
Subjects: Cancer pain -- Chemotherapy.; Opioids -- Therapeutic use.; Analgesics, Opioid -- therapeutic use.; Neoplasms -- drug therapy.; Pain -- drug therapy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Opioid receptors and opioid pharmacodynamics / Mellar Davis & Gavril W. Pasternak; title: Opioid pharmacokinetics / Kenneth C. Jackson II; title: Codeine / Janet R. Hardy; title: Hydrocodone / Mellar P. Davis; title: Tramadol / Mellar P. Davis; title: Dextroproxyphene / Paul Glare; title: Morphine / Paul Glare; title: Hydromorphone / Paul Glare; title: Oxycodone / Mellar  P. Davis; title: The lipophilic opioids / Tony Hall & Janet R. Hardy; title: Methadone / Mellar P. Davis; title: Levorphanol / Mellar P. Davis; title: Diamorphine / Janet Hardy; title: Oxymorphone / Paul Glare; title: Choice of opioids and WHO ladder / Paul Glare; title: Opioid rotation / Janet R. Hardy; title: Opioids equianalgesia / Mellar P. Davis; title: Opioid dosing strategies /  Paul Glare & Mellar P. Davis; title: Patient controlled analgesia / Mellar P. Davis; title: Spinal opioids in cancer pain / Mellar P. Davis; title: Opioid-resistant pain / Mellar P. Davis.